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Simplot Grower Solutions—4863 Carpenter,Stockton CA Date: September 2019 SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE PLAN Page: 1 CHAPTER 1 -INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and Purpose Pursuant to the Clean Water Act(CWA), (Public Law 92-500), as amended, on-shore facilities that may reasonably be expected to discharge oil into the navigable waters of the United States are required to prepare a Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan. The Simplot Grower Solutions retail fertilizers and agricultural chemicals facility in Stockton, California, is required under the CWA to prepare a SPCC Plan because it has aboveground bulk oil storage greater than 1,320 gallons. The purpose of the SPCC Plan is to provide a plan of action to contain/control spills and to satisfy regulatory requirements. The SPCC Plan is a practical guide to proper oil management, containment, oil pollution abatement, and oil spill prevention if oil spills occur. Pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 112.3(e)(1), a copy of this SPCC Plan is maintained in the office. 1.2 Plan Reviews and Revisions The SPCC Plan will be reviewed and amended, as required by law. The SPCC Plan will be amended within 6 months of any change in facility design, construction, operation, or maintenance that materially affects the potential for a spill. Any technical amendments will be reviewed and certified by a professional engineer(PE). Examples of such amendments include, but are not limited to, commissioning or decommissioning containers;replacing, reconstructing, or moving containers; reconstructing, replacing, or installing piping systems; constructing or demolishing that might alter secondary containment structures; changing product or service; or revising standard operation or maintenance procedures at a facility. Updating names, telephone numbers, and other contact information is considered an administrative amendment and does not require a PE review. All amendments, technical and administrative,will be logged on the Record of Changes sheet at the front of this SPCC Plan.Regardless of any amendments, the SPCC Plan will undergo a complete a review and evaluation at least once every 5 years. 1.3 Conformance with 40 CFR§ 112, If a facility has some other means of spill prevention, control, or countermeasure that provides equivalent environmental protection, 40 CFR§112.7(a)(2) allows deviation from some regulatory requirements. In these instances, the SPCC Plan must state the reasons for nonconformance and describe in detail the alternate methods that provide environmental protection. This facility deviates from the requirements of§112.8(c)(8) in that the poly crop oil tanks at the chemical tank farm do not have overfill prevention devices; however, the liquid level can readily be seen through the tank wall. Because site personnel are present and can visually observe the fill level, this provides equivalent environmental protection. The Corrective Action Plan addresses activities and operations at the facility that do not fully conform to the requirements of the SPCC regulations, and provides a process for tracking resolution of corrective actions required to ensure conformance with 40 CFR§112 and this SPCC Plan. These items must be resolved by the compliance dates specified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency(USEPA).